Identifying priority reserves favors the sustainable development of wild ungulates and the construction of Sanjiangyuan National Park.

ABSTRACT: Sanjiangyuan National Park (SNP), the first national park in China, is one of the most important biodiversity conservation areas in the Sanjiangyuan National Nature Reserve (SNNR) and even the world. The threatened ungulates play an irreplaceable role in maintaining the ecosystem diversity and stability in SNNR. Here, based on 1434 occurrence records of six ungulates, the maximum entropy model, with two different strategies, was utilized to determine the priority reserves. The results indicated that the priority reserves in SNNR was mainly located in and around SNP, which were mainly distributed in the middle east, middle west, and southwest of SNNR. Six ungulates shared preference for altitude ranging 4000-5000 m, the average annual temperature below -3.0°C, and average annual precipitati

SUBMITTER: Jiang F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9631328 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature